Heavy Snow, Alger
- When
- March 8, 8:00 PM EST to March 10, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Alger forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.451, -86.548 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Michigan, March 8 to 10, 1998
Strong north winds brought cold air across the ice free waters of Lake Superior producing heavy lake effect snow across North Central Upper Michigan. 0 inches at Newberry.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MQT wrote it up.
Strong north winds brought cold air across the ice free waters of Lake Superior producing heavy lake effect snow across North Central Upper Michigan. Snow totals between the evening of the 8th and the evening of the 10th included 16.0 inches at Wetmore, 14.6 inches at Munising, 13.1 inches at the Marquette County Airport and 12.0 inches at Newberry.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Luce
- When
- March 8, 8:00 PM EST to March 10, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Luce forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.368, -85.509 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Marquette
- When
- March 8, 8:00 PM EST to March 10, 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Marquette forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 46.663, -87.573 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 8, 1998
- Flooding in Georgia, March 8 to 21, 1998
- Winter Storm in Illinois, March 8 to 9, 1998
- Flooding in Alabama, March 8 to 17, 1998
- Tornadoes in South Carolina, March 8, 1998
- Avalanche in Colorado, March 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Alabama, March 8, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Massachusetts, March 8 to 13, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Florida, March 8, 1998
- Flooding in Georgia, March 8 to 14, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, March 8, 1998
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, March 1998
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5632399, 5632400, 5632401.